There are very different contexts for Cloud SLAs
Public Clouds are typically more secure than Private Clouds
The Cloud itself becomes the computer
The point to the programmable Web is to make software more Web-like
Pulling strands out of the knot of IT wouldn’t tell a useful story.
The Cloud is a magnet for all sorts of garbage
REST focuses on the knottiest challenge of architecting the Cloud
Factor in elasticity & we must have new approaches to architecting
Semantic precision is important in the healthcare industry
REST is all about distributed hypermedia applications.
SOA Implementation Roadmap